FLYER Academic · Syllabus Gap Analysis · 2026-09-21

Cambridge Pre-A1 → A2: what the syllabus requires, and what we can find in the database

The reference is the published Cambridge topic and structure lists for the exams FLYER teaches to: Starters (Pre-A1), Movers (A1), Flyers and A2 Key (A2). Every required item is listed below with links to the matching content.

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Syllabus items required
83
32 vocabulary · 51 grammar
Confirmed in database
36
43% of required
Only 1–4 exercises
7
too thin to teach from
No evidence found
40
48% — see the caveat below
Read this before using the numbers. FLYER does not tag content with topics: the topics table holds 13 rows and its link table check_point_topics holds 0, so nothing is tagged. Coverage therefore had to be inferred from content names, and 7,377 of 14,432 names (51%) are purely structural such as "Unit 5 - Lesson 2 - Ex.1". Only 269 names (1.9%) mention grammar at all. "No evidence found" means the database cannot confirm the item, not that the content is absent. Vocabulary numbers are reasonably reliable; grammar numbers are mostly a measurement failure and must be checked by hand before anything is rebuilt.

01How much of the syllabus can we account for?

Each column is one level, stacked by how much evidence the database holds. Levels are cumulative: A2 carries everything introduced at Pre-A1 and A1 as well, which is why the required count grows.

Evidence in database (5+ checkpoints) Only 1–4 exercises No evidence found
Vocabulary topics required per level
0816243217Pre-A119 required4415A123 required9716A232 required
Grammar points required per level
0132639128Pre-A120 required29A135 required43A251 required

02Which vocabulary topics carry real volume?

Exercises found in checkpoints whose name mentions the topic, across Pre-A1 to A2 combined. The tail is as informative as the head: everything below a few hundred exercises is one workbook away from empty.

Exercises per vocabulary topic (top 14 of 32)
Family and friends359Places in town303School266Time215Animals206Food and drink180Sports and leisure174The world around us162The home134Toys133Numbers126Clothes114Work and jobs112The body and the face96

03All 83 required items, with links

Numbers in the level columns are matching checkpoints. Links open the checkpoint preview on teacher.flyer.us; the grey line beneath each is the program it sits in.

Syllabus itemPre-A1A1A2ExercisesLinks to content in the database
Animals
Động vật
from Pre-A1
19910206
The body and the face
Cơ thể và khuôn mặt
from Pre-A1
107996
Clothes
Quần áo
from Pre-A1
1589114
Colours
Màu sắc
from Pre-A1
100168
Family and friends
Gia đình và bạn bè
from Pre-A1
601610359
Food and drink
Đồ ăn và thức uống
from Pre-A1
20810180
Health
Sức khoẻ
from Pre-A1
07929
The home
Ngôi nhà
from Pre-A1
1410134
Names and the alphabet
Tên gọi và bảng chữ cái
from Pre-A1
94840
Numbers
Số đếm
from Pre-A1
11138126
Places and directions
Địa điểm và phương hướng
from Pre-A1
681095
School
Trường học
from Pre-A1
38910266
Sports and leisure
Thể thao và giải trí
from Pre-A1
1711174
Time
Thời gian
from Pre-A1
25189215
Toys
Đồ chơi
from Pre-A1
1900133
Transport
Phương tiện giao thông
from Pre-A1
57950
Weather
Thời tiết
from Pre-A1
581066
Work and jobs
Nghề nghiệp
from Pre-A1
2911112
The world around us
Thế giới quanh ta
from Pre-A1
1521162
Days and months
Ngày và tháng
from A1
—000
Materials
Chất liệu
from A1
—088
Describing people
Miêu tả người
from A1
—5147
Places in town
Địa điểm trong thành phố
from A1
—10023303
Communication and technology
Công nghệ và liên lạc
from A2
——00
Entertainment and media
Giải trí và truyền thông
from A2
——110
Hobbies and free time
Sở thích và thời gian rảnh
from A2
——00
Travel and holidays
Du lịch và kỳ nghỉ
from A2
——00
Shopping
Mua sắm
from A2
——00
Services
Dịch vụ
from A2
——218
Feelings and opinions
Cảm xúc và ý kiến
from A2
——00
The natural world
Thế giới tự nhiên
from A2
——00
Education and study
Học tập
from A2
——14
Verb to be (am/is/are)
Động từ to be
from Pre-A1
0000
have got
have got (sở hữu)
from Pre-A1
60031
can for ability and permission
can (khả năng, xin phép)
from Pre-A1
0000
Imperatives
Câu mệnh lệnh
from Pre-A1
60037
Present simple
Thì hiện tại đơn
from Pre-A1
015116
Present continuous
Thì hiện tại tiếp diễn
from Pre-A1
1305166
There is / There are
There is / There are
from Pre-A1
180093
Possessive 's
Sở hữu cách
from Pre-A1
0000
Possessive adjectives
Tính từ sở hữu
from Pre-A1
61043
Plural nouns
Danh từ số nhiều
from Pre-A1
06031
Articles a / an / the
Mạo từ a/an/the
from Pre-A1
0000
this / that / these / those
this/that/these/those
from Pre-A1
0000
Prepositions of place
Giới từ chỉ nơi chốn
from Pre-A1
60035
Question words
Từ để hỏi (Wh-)
from Pre-A1
0000
Conjunctions and / but
Liên từ and/but
from Pre-A1
0000
Adjectives
Tính từ
from Pre-A1
1860166
How many / quantity
How many (số lượng)
from Pre-A1
012062
Let's ...
Let's (rủ rê)
from Pre-A1
60033
like + noun / -ing
like + danh từ / V-ing
from Pre-A1
0000
Subject pronouns
Đại từ nhân xưng
from Pre-A1
06034
Past simple: was / were
Quá khứ đơn: was/were
from A1
—000
Past simple: regular verbs
Quá khứ đơn: động từ có quy tắc
from A1
—000
Past simple: irregular verbs
Động từ bất quy tắc
from A1
—000
Comparatives
So sánh hơn
from A1
—0121
Superlatives
So sánh nhất
from A1
—0121
Adverbs of frequency
Trạng từ tần suất
from A1
—000
Adverbs of manner
Trạng từ chỉ cách thức
from A1
—000
must / mustn't
must (bắt buộc)
from A1
—000
be going to (future)
be going to (tương lai)
from A1
—015280
why / because
why / because
from A1
—000
Prepositions of time
Giới từ chỉ thời gian
from A1
—000
some / any, countable nouns
some/any, danh từ đếm được
from A1
—000
would like
would like
from A1
—000
Object pronouns
Đại từ tân ngữ
from A1
—000
Infinitive of purpose
Động từ nguyên mẫu chỉ mục đích
from A1
—000
Present perfect
Thì hiện tại hoàn thành
from A2
——242
will (future)
will (tương lai đơn)
from A2
——10176
Zero and first conditional
Câu điều kiện loại 0 và 1
from A2
——00
Relative clauses
Mệnh đề quan hệ
from A2
——00
could (past ability / polite)
could (quá khứ, lịch sự)
from A2
——00
should (advice)
should (lời khuyên)
from A2
——00
have to / had to
have to (phải)
from A2
——00
Past continuous
Quá khứ tiếp diễn
from A2
——00
too / enough
too / enough
from A2
——00
Question tags
Câu hỏi đuôi
from A2
——22
Reported speech (basic)
Câu tường thuật (cơ bản)
from A2
——00
Gerund vs infinitive
V-ing và to V
from A2
——00
Adverbs of degree
Trạng từ chỉ mức độ
from A2
——00
Indefinite pronouns
Đại từ bất định
from A2
——00
Passive voice (basic)
Câu bị động (cơ bản)
from A2
——00
used to
used to (đã từng)
from A2
——00

04Which exercise types exist at these levels?

Question-bank exercises by type. This answers the second half of "which exercise types are missing": the mix is dominated by two types, and the productive skills barely appear.

CấpMultiple choiceGap fillDrag & dropMatchingWord orderingScrambled sentenceSpeakingScene card speakingTotal
Pre-A14,837
47%
2,840
28%
1,480
14%
33
0%
811
8%
189
2%
0
0%
0
0%
10,322
A19,996
61%
4,238
26%
1,220
7%
589
4%
39
0%
215
1%
0
0%
0
0%
16,417
A211,785
59%
6,481
32%
1,156
6%
631
3%
1
0%
54
0%
0
0%
0
0%
20,133
Reading it: multiple choice and gap fill carry the load at every level. Speaking and scene-card speaking together are under 1% of question-bank exercises, so productive practice at Pre-A1 to A2 depends almost entirely on the separate Speaking-parts bank rather than on Explore.

05Exercise-type coverage, Pre-A1 → C2

The original gap tracker, kept for reference: the shared academic question bank by level and exercise type, then the IELTS mock bank. Colour is absolute volume, not syllabus coverage.

TrốngRất mỏngMỏngĐủ dày
CấpMultiple choiceGap fillDrag & dropMatchingWord orderingScrambled sentenceSpeakingScene card speaking
Pre-A14,5862,7571,398287381407755
A19,9964,2381,220589392157248
A211,5336,3241,1506301531510
B18,8602,29255090225738
B24481010000
C12087000000
C2874000000

Đề IELTS mock, 4 kỹ năng — B1 → C2

CấpReadingListeningWritingSpeaking% CP đủ Speaking
B112019818641%
B2493816284%
C11,9942,70884477814%
C21,9362,66682675014%